K5 Chef's Knife Stainless Steel – Plum

K5 – Chef's Knife – from the Robert Herder K-Series

The Windmühlenmesser K5 is a large, high-quality chef's knife from Robert Herder from Solingen. It has a blade made of stainless chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel and an ergonomic plum wood handle. The K5 chef's knife features a highly efficient blade shape inspired by the Japanese Gyuto chef's knife, combined with the balance and ergonomics of our K-handle design. The K5 is the ideal knife for classic chef's knife tasks on the cutting board. You can use it to clean and cut vegetables, portion meat, or fillet and carve fish.

Robert Herder – Stainless Blade and Plum Wood Handle

For the K-series chef's knives, which are distinguished by exceptional product properties, a special chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel with a carbon content of 0.7% combined with a chromium content of 14.5% is used for the knife blades. This results in both the desired rust resistance and an extraordinary hardness of 60 HRC (Rockwell hardness), which ensures a long-lasting sharpness for the blades.

The blades of the Windmühlenmesser K-Series are ground with the "Kesselscher Walkschliff," a special form of the Solingen thin grind. Blades produced with this traditional grinding method exhibit particular stability despite the very fine thin grind due to their geometry. Naturally, the blades are traditionally blue-polished by hand for Robert Herder. You can sharpen this knife with a diamond honing steel or a sharpening stone.

The handle of the K5 is handcrafted from steamed plum wood, riveted to the knife tang, finely ground by master craftsmen, freely shaped, polished, and oiled. Plum wood is hard, gnarled, and often interspersed with branches. It is very densely grown and highly resistant. Its beautiful, nuanced grain ranges from light brown-pink to dark brown-violet. Plum wood has an exceptional character and high utility value. The wood is only oiled and not chemically sealed, making it food-safe and open-pored. After the first contact with water, it becomes a little rougher and thus more slip-resistant. The plum wood handle is characterized by a warm feel, natural grip, and individual grain. Care for the handle regularly with wood care oil, and it will bring you joy for a long time. The knife is not suitable for the dishwasher.

Windmühlenmesser K5 – Stainless

• Blade length 18cm
• Blade made of stainless chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel
• Handle material plum wood
• Handle length 12cm
• Overall length 30cm
• Not suitable for dishwasher